Residents in Canada’s Northwest Territories welcome highway project, but concerned over social impacts
The $700-million highway project is a two-lane gravel road that would connect Wrigley to Norman Wells The Mackenzie Valley Highway
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Russia’s assault on Ukraine: MLA in Canada’s Northwest Territories asks for assurances about Arctic security
Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA says Russia has long expressed interest in Arctic waters As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine,
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Communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories need more money; minister says gov’t can’t give it to them
Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs says closing municipal funding gap is ‘not realistic’ The Northwest Territories’ minister of Municipal
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MLA in Canada’s Northwest Territories calls on government to establish regional addiction treatment centres
Rocky Simpson says Indigenous community supports establishing proper cultural programming closer to home A Hay River MLA is calling on
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Is Canada’s Northwest Territories in a mental health crisis? MLA, health minister at odds over the answer
Great Slave MLA says territory is at a critical point; Health Minister says it’s nothing N.W.T. can’t handle Warning: This
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Departments in Canada’s Northwest Territories failing to offer services in Indigenous languages, says commissioner
Services offered in English and French, but rarely in 9 official Indigenous languages People should have the option to communicate
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Census 2021: A snapshot of Arctic Canada’s population and dwelling data
The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada’s three territories. Yukon led the country in population
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Canada’s Northwest Territories reports 15th COVID-19 death as active cases decrease
1 new hospitlization and 1 new I.C.U admission since Friday There’s been another COVID-related death in the Northwest Territories, the third in
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Duane Smith acclaimed as chair of IRC in Canada’s western Arctic
Duane Smith, the incumbent chairperson and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC), has been acclaimed for a new term,
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Canada’s Northwest Territories investigating network of electric vehicle charging stations
Chargers roughly every 100 kilometres would make long-distance travel more feasible Northern winters and long distances between communities pose challenges
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Meet the 3 northerners being named to the Order of Canada
Being named to the Order of Canada is, for one longtime Yellowknifer, made more special by the fact another Indigenous
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33 new Inuvialuit murals to be displayed in communities across Canada’s Northwest Territories
Six N.W.T. communities are about to get more colourful. Thirty-three murals have been commissioned by the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC)
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Community in Canada’s Northwest Territories explores more solar, wind power to offset diesel needs
The Lutselk’e Dene First Nation in the N.W.T. is working on a project to expand renewable energy generation in the community,
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Correctional centre in Canada’s Northwest Territories introduces therapeutic program
There are currently six people enrolled in the program, with a new cohort starting soon A new program at the
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Canada’s Northwest Territories prepping for more travel-related COVID cases, say health officials
“We’re getting to the point where the main exposure [in the N.W.T.] will be travel-related’ The N.W.T.’s chief public health officer,
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